Transborder agglomeration

San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border.

A transborder agglomeration is an urban agglomeration or conurbation that extends into multiple sovereign states and/or dependent territories. It includes city-states that agglomerate with their neighbouring countries.

List of transborder agglomerations

Africa

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Kinshasa–Brazzaville  Democratic Republic of the Congo / Republic of the Congo 19,547,463
BukavuCyangugu  Democratic Republic of the Congo /  Rwanda 1,200,000[1][2]
GomaGisenyi 756,323
Abidjan–Lagos  Côte d'Ivoire /  Ghana /  Togo /  Benin /  Nigeria 27,000,000
LoméAflao  Togo /  Ghana 1,544,206
N'DjamenaKousséri  Chad /  Cameroon 1,694,819

Asia

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Astara and Astara  Iran Azerbaijan 100,000
Khorramshahr and Abadan and Basra  Iran Iraq 2,000,000
Dhahran and Jubail and Manama  Saudi Arabia Bahrain 2,000,000
Tashkent and Saryagash  Uzbekistan Kazakhstan 3,000,000 [3]
Fergana and Kyzyl-Kiya  Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan 300,000
Qorasuv and Kara-Suu 40,000
Lahore and Amritsar  Pakistan India 12,000,000
Heihe and Blagoveshchensk  China Russia 400,000
Dandong and Sinuiju  China North Korea 1,000,000
Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou and Dongguan and Shenzhen and Hong KongMacau  China Hong Kong Macau 71,200,000
Sijori Growth Triangle (Singapore and Johor Bahru and Batam and Bintan)  Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 9,000,000
Padang Besar and Padang Besar  Malaysia Thailand 20,000
Vientiane and Nong Khai  Laos Thailand 900,000
Savannakhet and Mukdahan 200,000

Europe

Main municipalities Countries Total population[citation needed]
Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö)  Denmark Sweden 3,964,522
Haparanda and Tornio  Sweden Finland 32,000
Pello and Pello 4,500
Karesuando and Karesuvanto 500
Imatra and Svetogorsk  Finland Russia 45,000
Ivangorod and Narva  Russia Estonia 69,000
Valga and Valka  Estonia Latvia 20,000
Como and Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[4]  Italy  Switzerland 189,000[5]
Gorizia and Nova Gorica  Italy Slovenia
Basel and Huningue and Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena)   Switzerland France Germany 2,400,000
Geneva and Annemasse and Ferney-Voltaire and Nyon (Grand Genève)   Switzerland France 890,000
Kreuzlingen and Konstanz   Switzerland Germany 110,000
Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián  France Spain 620,000
Le Perthus and Els Límits 700
Bourg-Madame and Puigcerdà
Hendaye and Irun
Lille and Roubaix and Tourcoing and Mouscron and Tournai and Kortrijk  France Belgium 1,850,000
Longwy and Aubange and Pétange  France Belgium Luxembourg 80,000
Strasbourg and Kehl  France Germany 700,000
Forbach and Saarbrücken 700,000
La Línea de la Concepción and Gibraltar  Spain Gibraltar 95,628
Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau  Belgium Netherlands 9,262
Görlitz and Zgorzelec  Germany Poland 85,000
Guben and Gubin 35,000
Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice 75,000
Szczecin 763,321
Herzogenrath and Kerkrade  Germany Netherlands 95,000
Freilassing and Salzburg  Germany Austria 175,000
Vienna and Bratislava  Austria Slovakia 1,900,000
Komárom and Komárno  Hungary Slovakia 56,000
Rousse and Giurgiu  Bulgaria Romania 250,000
Lifford and Strabane  Ireland United Kingdom 18,500
Slavonski Brod and Brod  Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina 110,000

North America

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Paso Canoas  Costa Rica /  Panama 9,543
Metro VancouverFraser ValleyBellingham-Whatcom County  United States /  Canada 3,350,000
Detroit–Windsor 5,976,595
Buffalo-Niagara Region 1,614,790
Port HuronSarniaPoint Edward 105,776
Sault Ste. MarieSault Ste. Marie 93,944
San Diego–Tijuana  United States /  Mexico 5,105,769[6]
Calexico–Mexicali 1,143,000
San Luis Río ColoradoSan Luis 227,000
NogalesNogales 240,000
El Paso–Juárez 2,500,000[7]
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo 775,481[8]
Lower Rio Grande Valley 2,671,028[9]
Reynosa–McAllen 1,500,000[10]
Brownsville–Matamoros 1,387,985[11]

South America

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniAlbina  French Guiana /  Suriname
Saint GeorgesOiapoque  French Guiana /  Brazil 32,000
QuaraíArtigas  Brazil /  Uruguay 67,000
Santana do LivramentoRivera 140,000
ChuíChuy 15,592[12][13]
CorumbáPuerto Suárez  Brazil /  Bolivia 124,000
TabatingaLeticiaSanta Rosa  Brazil /  Colombia /  Peru 107,000
Ponta PorãPedro Juan Caballero  Brazil /  Paraguay 209,000
Foz do IguaçuCiudad del EstePuerto Iguazu  Brazil /  Paraguay /  Argentina 800,000
BarracãoDionísio CerqueiraBernardo de Irigoyen  Brazil /  Argentina 36,000
UruguaianaPaso de los Libres 170,000
TulcánIpiales  Ecuador /   Colombia 190,000
CúcutaSan Antonio del Táchira  Colombia /  Venezuela 700,000 [14]

See also

References

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  14. ^ http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2016/08/15/cucuta-y-san-antonio-dos-ciudades-unidas-pero-separadas-por-cierre-frontera/ "...que une ambas ciudades formando una conurbación, los 650.000 habitantes de Cúcuta y los 50.000 de San Antonio supieron que comenzaban tiempos difíciles."